| Mai hoʻāhu ʻoukou i waiwai no ʻoukou ma ka honua, kahi e pau ai i ka mū a me ka popo, kahi e wāwahi mai ai nā e ai. | "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. |
| Akā, e hoʻāhu aʻe ʻoukou i waiwai no ʻoukou ma ka lani, kahi e pau ʻole ai i ka mū a me ka popo, kahi e wāwahi ʻole mai ai nā e ai. | But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. |
| No ka mea, mai loko mai o ka naʻau ke puka mai nei nā manaʻo ʻino, ka pepehi kanaka ʻana, ka moekolohe ʻana, ka hoʻokamakama ʻana, ka ʻana, ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana, a me nā ʻōlelo ʻino. | For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. |
| ʻĪ maila kēlā, ʻO nā kānāwai hea? ʻĪ akula Iesū, ʻO nēia, Mai pepehi kanaka ʻoe, Mai moekolohe ʻoe, Mai ʻoe, Mai hōʻike wahaheʻe ʻoe. | "Which ones?" the man inquired. Jesus replied, " 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, |
| Ua ʻike ʻoukou i kēia, inā paha i ʻike ka mea hale i ka wati e hiki mai ai ka, inā ua kiaʻi ia, i wāwahi ʻole ʻia ai kona hale. | But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. |
| No laila, e kauoha aku ʻoe i kiaʻi pono ʻia ai ka hale kupapaʻu a hiki i ka pō ʻakolu, o hele mai ka poʻe haumāna āna, a malū iā ia, a e ʻōlelo aku i nā kānaka, Ua ala mai ia mai ka make mai; a e nui loa aku ka hewa o kēia hoʻopunipuni hope i kēlā ma mua. | So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first." |
| Ka, ka makeʻe waiwai, ka ʻōpū ʻinoʻino, ka wahaheʻe, ka makaleho, ka huāhuā, ka niʻaniʻa, ka hoʻokano, ka lalau wale; | greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. |
| Ua ʻike nō hoʻi ʻoe i nā kānāwai; Mai moekolohe ʻoe; Mai pepehi kanaka; Mai; Mai hōʻike wahaheʻe; Mai ʻālunu; E mālama ʻoe i kou makua kāne, a me kou makuahine. | You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.' " |
| E kūʻai lilo aku i ko ʻoukou waiwai, a e hāʻawi manawaleʻa aku. E hoʻolakolako iā ʻoukou iho i mau ʻaʻa moni nāhaehae ʻole, i waiwai pau ʻole ma ka lani, kahi hiki ʻole ai i ka, kahi e ʻino ʻole ai i ka mū. | Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. |
| I ʻike hoʻi ʻoukou i kēia, inā i ʻike ka mea hale i ka hora e hiki mai ai ka, inā ua kiaʻi nō ia, ʻaʻole ia e kuʻu aku i kona hale e wāwahi ʻia mai. | But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. |
| Ua ʻike hoʻi ʻoe i nā kānāwai; Mai moekolohe ʻoe; Mai pepehi kanaka ʻoe; Mai ʻoe; Mai hōʻike wahaheʻe ʻoe; E mālama i kou makua kāne a me kou makuahine. | You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.' " |
| ʻOiaʻiʻo, he ʻoiaʻiʻo kaʻu e ʻōlelo aku nei iā ʻoukou, ʻO ka mea komo ʻole ma ka puka i loko o ka pā hipa, akā, e piʻi aʻe ma kahi ʻē, he ia a me ka pōwā. | "I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. |
| ʻO ka poʻe a pau i hele mai ma mua oʻu, he poʻe lākou a me ka pōwā: akā, ʻaʻole i hoʻolohe nā hipa iā lākou. | All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. |
| ʻO ka, hele mai ia e wale nō, a e pepehi, a e luku aku: i hele mai hoʻi au, i loaʻa ai iā lākou ke ola, a nui loa. | The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. |
| ʻO kēia kāna i ʻōlelo mai ai, ʻaʻole no kona manaʻo i ka poʻe ʻilihune; akā, no ka mea, he ia, a iā ia ke ʻeke kālā, a ua lawe wale ʻo ia i nā mea i hahao ʻia i loko. | He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it. |
| ʻO ʻoe ke aʻo aku iā haʻi, ʻaʻole anei ʻoe e aʻo iā ʻoe iho? ʻO ʻoe ke pāpā aku, Mai, e nō anei ʻoe? | you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself ? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? |
| ʻO ʻoe ke ʻōlelo aku, Mai moekolohe, e moekolohe nō anei ʻoe? ʻO ʻoe ke hoʻopailua i nā kiʻi, e nō anei ʻoe i nā mea laʻa? | You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? |
| No ka mea, eiʻa, Mai moekolohe ʻoe; Mai pepehi kanaka ʻoe; Mai ʻoe; Mai hōʻike wahaheʻe ʻoe; Mai kuko wale ʻoe: a inā he kānāwai ʻē aʻe, ua komo poko ia i loko o kēia ʻōlelo, o neʻi, E aloha ʻoe i kou hoalauna e like me ʻoe iho. | The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." |
| ʻAʻole ka poʻe, ʻaʻole ka poʻe makeʻe, ʻaʻole ka poʻe ʻona, ʻaʻole ka poʻe ʻakiʻaki, ʻaʻole ka poʻe ʻālunu, ʻaʻole e loaʻa iā lākou ke aupuni o ke Akua. | nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. |
| ʻO ka mea i, mai hou aku ia: akā hoʻi, e hana ia, e hoʻoikaika ana me nā lima i ka mea maikaʻi, i loaʻa ai iā ia ka mea e hāʻawi aku na ka mea nele. | He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need. |
| No ka mea, ua ʻike paka nō ʻoukou ē, ʻo ka lā o ka Haku, me he lā i ka pō, pēlā nō ia e hiki mai ai. | for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. |
| Akā, ʻo ʻoukou, e nā hoahānau, ʻaʻole ʻoukou i loko o ka pouli, e loʻohia ai ʻoukou e ua lā lā, me he lā. | But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. |
| Ka poʻe hoʻokamakama, ka poʻe moe aikāne, ka poʻe kanaka, ka poʻe hoʻopunipuni, ka poʻe hoʻohiki wahaheʻe, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i kūʻē mai i ka pono ʻoiaʻiʻo, | for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers--and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine |
| Mai lilo kekahi o ʻoukou i ka hōʻeha ʻia, me he pepehi kanaka lā; a me he lā, a ma ka hana hewa, a ma ka hoʻohaunaele. | If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. |
| Akā, e hiki mai auaneʻi ka lā o ka Haku, me he lā i ka pō; a laila e lilo nō ka lani me ka halulu nui, a e wela hoʻi nā kumu mua, a heheʻe wale, a e pau nō ka honua nei i ke ahi, a me nā mea a pau i hana ʻia ma luna iho. | But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. |
| E hoʻomanaʻo hoʻi i nā mea āu i loaʻa ai, a i lohe ai hoʻi, a e mālama aku, a e mihi. A i ʻole ʻoe e makaʻala, ʻeā, e hele aku au i ou lā, me he lā, ʻaʻole hoʻi ʻoe e ʻike i koʻu hora e hiki aku ai iā ʻoe. | Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. |
| ʻAʻole hoʻi lākou i mihi i ko lākou pepehi kanaka ʻana, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ko lākou pule ʻanāʻanā, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ko lākou moekolohe, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ko lākou. | Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts. |
| Aia hoʻi, e hele mai au me he lā. Pōmaikaʻi ka mea makaʻala, a mālama hoʻi i kona ʻaʻahu, i ʻole ia e hele kapa ʻole, a ʻike mai lākou i kona hilahila. | "Behold, I come like a thief ! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed." |
| Pēlā e hoʻāpono aku ai koʻu pono iaʻu i ka wā ma hope, i ka wā e lilo mai ai ia i uku naʻu i mua o kou mau maka: ʻo nā mea a pau o ka poʻe kao me aʻu, ʻaʻole i kikokiko, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ʻeleʻele no ka poʻe hipa, ʻo ia ke ʻōlelo ʻia he mea i ʻia. | And my honesty will testify for me in the future, whenever you check on the wages you have paid me. Any goat in my possession that is not speckled or spotted, or any lamb that is not dark-colored, will be considered stolen.” |
| Ua hala akula ʻo Labana e ʻako i kāna poʻe hipa: a ihola ʻo Rāhela i nā kiʻi o kona makua kāne. | When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household gods. |
| ʻĀnō hoʻi, i ka hele ʻana ua hala akula ʻoe, no kou ʻiʻini nui ʻana i ka hale o kou makua kāne; no ke aha hoʻi ʻoe i ai i koʻu mau akua? | Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?” |
| A ʻo ka mea e loaʻa iā ʻoe, iā ia kou mau akua, ʻaʻole ia e ola; i mua o ko kāua mau hoahānau e nānā ʻoe i kāu ma ʻaneʻi me aʻu, a e lawe aku ʻoe i ou lā. No ka mea, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻo Iakoba, na Rāhela i ia mau mea. | But if you find anyone who has your gods, that person shall not live. In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself whether there is anything of yours here with me; and if so, take it.” Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods. |
| ʻO nā mea i haehae ʻia, ʻaʻole au i lawe aku i ou lā; naʻu nō i uku aku: nāu i lawe aku ia mea mai kuʻu lima aku, no ka mea i ʻia i ke ao, a i ʻia i ka pō. | I did not bring you animals torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for whatever was stolen by day or night. |
| No ka mea, ua ʻiʻo ʻia mai au, no loko mai o ka ʻāina o ka poʻe Hebera; i ʻaneʻi hoʻi, ʻaʻole au i hana i mea i hahao ʻia ai e lākou i loko o ka lua. | I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.” |
| Eia hoʻi, ʻo ka moni a mākou i loaʻa ai i loko o ka waha o kā mākou mau ʻeke, ua halihali hou mai mākou i ʻaneʻi iā ʻoe mai loko mai o ka ʻāina ʻo Kanaʻana, Pehea hoʻi mākou i ai i ke kālā, a i ke gula, no loko mai o ka hale o kou haku? | We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found inside the mouths of our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house? |
| Mai ʻoe. | “You shall not steal. |
| ʻO ka mea i ke kanaka, a kūʻai lilo aku iā ia, a inā i loaʻa ʻo ia ma kona lima, e ʻoiaʻiʻo nō, e make ia. | “Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession. |
| Inā e ke kanaka i ka bipi a i hipa paha, a kālua, a kūʻai lilo aku paha, a laila, e hāʻawi aku ʻo ia i ʻelima bipi no ka bipi, a i ʻehā hipa no ka hipa. | “Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep. |
| Inā e loaʻa ka e wāwahi ana, a inā i pepehi ʻia ʻo ia a make, ʻaʻole e pili kona koko. | “If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; |
| Akā, inā i puka mai ka lā ma luna ona, a laila, ua pili nō kona koko. Ua pono nō iā ia ke uku pau loa mai, a inā i nele ʻo ia, a laila, ua pono ke kūʻai ʻia ʻo ia no kona ʻana. | but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed. “Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft. |
| Inā i loaʻa maopopo ma kona lima ka mea i ʻia e ola ana, inā he bipi, a inā he hoki a inā he hipa paha, e hāʻawi aku nō ʻo ia i pāpālua. | If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession — whether ox or donkey or sheep — they must pay back double. |
| Inā hāʻawi ke kanaka i wahi kālā na kona hoalauna e mālama, a i waiwai ʻē paha, a ua ʻia mai kona hale aku, inā e loaʻa ka mea nāna i, e uku pāpālua aku ʻo ia. | “If anyone gives a neighbor silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double. |
| Inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka mea nāna i, a laila, e lawe ʻia mai ka haku hale i nā luna kānāwai, inā paha ua kau aku ʻo ia i kona lima ma luna o ka waiwai o kona hoalauna. | But if the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges, and they must determine whether the owner of the house has laid hands on the other person’s property. |
| Akā, inā i ʻia aku ia mea, mai ona aku, e uku aku nō ʻo ia i ka mea nāna ka waiwai. | But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to the owner. |
| Mai ʻoukou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e hoʻokamani, ʻaʻole hoʻi e hoʻopunipuni kekahi i kekahi. | “‘Do not steal. “‘Do not lie. “‘Do not deceive one another. |
| Mai ʻoe. | “You shall not steal. |
| Inā e ʻike ʻia ke kanaka e ana i kekahi hoahānau ona o nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela, a hoʻolilo iā ia i kauā hoʻoluhi, a kūʻai lilo aku paha iā ia; a laila e make ua kanaka lā; a e hoʻolei aku ʻoe i ka ʻino mai waena aku o ʻoukou. | If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you. |
| Ua lawehala ka ʻIseraʻela, ua ʻae hoʻi lākou ma luna o kaʻu berita, aʻu i kauoha aku ai iā lākou, a ua lawe hoʻi lākou i ka mea laʻa, a ua a ua hoʻopunipuni hoʻi, a ua waiho pū nō hoʻi ia mea me ko lākou mea iho. | Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions. |
| Pēlā nō i hana aku ai ʻo Abesaloma i ka ʻIseraʻela a pau i hele mai i ke aliʻi no ka hoʻoponopono ʻia. A aʻela ʻo ʻAbesaloma i nā naʻau o ka ʻIseraʻela. | Absalom behaved in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king asking for justice, and so he stole the hearts of the men of Israel. |
| Aia hoʻi, hele maila nā kānaka a pau o ka ʻIseraʻela i ke aliʻi, ʻī akula i ke aliʻi, No ke aha lā i aku ai ko mākou mau hoahānau nā kānaka o ka Iuda iā ʻoe, a ua kaʻi mai i ke aliʻi a me ko ka hale ona, a me nā kānaka o Dāvida a pau me ia ma kēia kapa o Ioredane? | Soon all the men of Israel were coming to the king and saying to him, "Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, steal the king away and bring him and his household across the Jordan, together with all his men?" |
| Akā, ʻo Iehosabeata ke kaikamahine a ke aliʻi, lawe aʻela ʻo ia iā Ioasa i ke keiki a ʻAhazia, ihola iā ia mai waena aku o ka poʻe keiki aliʻi e pepehi ʻia ana, a hūnā iā ia, a me ka mea nāna ia i hānai i loko o kahi keʻena moe; pēlā i hūnā iho ai ʻo Iehosabeata ke kaikamahine a ke aliʻi a Iehorama ka wahine a Iehoiada ke kahuna, i ua mea lā mai ke alo o ʻAtalia, i ʻole ia e pepehi mai iā ia, no ka mea, ʻo ke kaikuahine ia no ʻAhazia. | But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah's sister, she hid the child from Athaliah so she could not kill him. |
| I ka mālamalama ala mai ka pepehi kanaka, A pepehi aku i ka poʻe ʻilihune a me ka poʻe nele, A i ka pō ua like ia me ka. | When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up and kills the poor and needy; in the night he steals forth like a thief. |
| Mai waena mai o kānaka ua hoʻokuke ʻia aku lākou; Kāhea nui aku ma hope o lākou e like me lākou i ka; | They were banished from their fellow men, shouted at as if they were thieves. |
| A i kou wā i ʻike ai i ka, ua ʻae pū ʻoe me ia: Ua lawe pū ʻoe me nā mea moekolohe. | When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers. |
| ʻAʻole i hoʻowahāwahā ʻia ka i kona ʻana, Inā he mea ia e māʻona ai kona pōloli. | Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving. |
| Ua ʻono nō nā wai i ʻia, Ua mānanalo hoʻi ka berena ke ʻai malū. | "Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!" |
| ʻO ka mea lawe pū me ka, inaina aku ʻo ia i kona ʻuhane iho; Ua lohe ʻo ia i ka hāʻiliʻili, ʻaʻole hoʻi i hōʻike aku. | The accomplice of a thief is his own enemy; he is put under oath and dare not testify. |
| O hoʻokūkū ʻai au, a hōʻole aku hoʻi, Me ka ʻī ʻana, ʻO wai lā ʻo Iēhova? O ʻilihune hoʻi au a iho, A hoʻohiki ʻino i ka inoa o koʻu Akua. | Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the LORD?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God. |
| He poʻe hoʻokekeʻe kou poʻe aliʻi, He poʻe hoa no nā; Ua makemake lākou a pau i ka waiwai kīpē, Ua ʻimi nō i ka uku ʻia mai; ʻAʻole lākou i hoʻopono i nā keiki makua ʻole, ʻAʻole hoʻi i hiki i mua o lākou ka mea hoʻopono ʻia o ka wahine kāne make. | Your rulers are rebels, companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow's case does not come before them. |
| E like me ka i hilahila i kona wā e loaʻa ai, pēlā nō e hilahila ai ko ka hale o ka ʻIseraʻela, ʻo lākou, a me ko lākou aliʻi, a me ko lākou poʻe luna, a me ko lākou poʻe kāhuna, a me ko lākou poʻe kāula, | "As a thief is disgraced when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced-- they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets. |
| E anei ʻoukou, a pepehi kanaka, a moekolohe, a e hōʻike wahaheʻe, a e kuni i ka mea ʻala no Baʻala, a e hele ma muli o nā akua ʻē a ʻoukou i ʻike ʻole ai? | " 'Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known, |
| E like me ka manu i hoʻopūnana i nā hua āna i hānau ʻole ai; pēlā nō ka mea i loaʻa ka waiwai ma ka pono ʻole, i waenakonu o kona mau lā, e waiho ʻo ia ia mea, a i kona hope, e lapuwale ʻo ia. | Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay is the man who gains riches by unjust means. When his life is half gone, they will desert him, and in the end he will prove to be a fool. |
| No laila au e kūʻē nei i nā kāula, wahi a Iēhova, nā mea i kaʻu mau ʻōlelo, ʻo kēlā kanaka kēia kanaka i kā kona hoalauna. | "Therefore," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me. |
| ʻAʻole anei ʻo ka ʻIseraʻela he mea henehene nou? Ua loaʻa anei ʻo ia i waena o ka poʻe? No ka mea, mai ka wā mai o kāu ʻōlelo ʻana nona, Ua luliluli ʻoe i ke poʻo. | Was not Israel the object of your ridicule? Was she caught among thieves, that you shake your head in scorn whenever you speak of her? |
| Inā hele mai i ou lā ka poʻe hōʻiliʻili hua waina, ʻAʻole anei lākou e hoʻokoe i kekahi koena hua? Inā he poʻe i ka pō, Hao iho nō lākou, a pau ko lākou makemake. | If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave a few grapes? If thieves came during the night, would they not steal only as much as they wanted? |
| ʻO ka hoʻohiki ʻino, ka hoʻopunipuni, ka pepehi kanaka, ka, a me ka moekolohe, kā lākou i hoʻomāhuahua aʻe ai, a pili aku nō ke koko i ke koko. | There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. |
| I ka wā aʻu e hoʻihoʻi aku ai i ke pio ʻana o kuʻu poʻe kānaka, I kuʻu hoʻōla ʻana i ka ʻIseraʻela, a laila hōʻike ʻia mai ka hewa o ʻEperaima, A me nā mea ʻino o ko Samaria: No ka mea, ua hana lākou i ka wahaheʻe; A komo mai ka ma loko, A hao wale ka poʻe pōwā ma waho. | whenever I would heal Israel, the sins of Ephraim are exposed and the crimes of Samaria revealed. They practice deceit, thieves break into houses, bandits rob in the streets; |
| E hele lākou i ʻō i ʻō ma ke kūlanakauhale, E holo lākou ma luna o ka pā pōhaku; E piʻi lākou ma luna o nā hale; E komo lākou ma nā puka makani me he lā. | They rush upon the city; they run along the wall. They climb into the houses; like thieves they enter through the windows. |
| Inā i hele mai nā i ou lā, inā he poʻe pōwā i ka pō, (Nani kou luku ʻia!) ʻaʻole anei lākou e, a pau ko lākou makemake? Inā i hele mai nā ʻohi waina i ou lā, ʻaʻole anei lākou e waiho aku i ke koena? | "If thieves came to you, if robbers in the night-- Oh, what a disaster awaits you-- would they not steal only as much as they wanted? If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave a few grapes? |
| ʻŌlelo maila kēlā iaʻu, Eia ka hoʻāhewa ʻana e hele aku ma luna o ka ʻili a pau o ka honua. No ka mea, ʻo kēlā mea kēia mea, e hōʻoki ʻia auaneʻi ʻo ia ma kēia ʻaoʻao, e like me kā kēia; a ʻo kēlā mea kēia mea e hoʻohiki wahaheʻe ana, e hōʻoki ʻia aʻe ʻo ia ma kēlā ʻaoʻao, e like me kā kēlā. | And he said to me, "This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished. |
| Ua lawe mai nei au ia, wahi a Iēhova o nā kaua, a e komo aku ia i loko o ka hale o ka, a ʻo ka hale o ka mea e hoʻohiki wahaheʻe ana ma koʻu inoa; e noho ia i loko o kona hale, a e hoʻopau ʻo ia ia mea me ka lāʻau a me ka pōhaku ona. | The LORD Almighty declares, 'I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in his house and destroy it, both its timbers and its stones.' " |